Waterview Park 4 YO Young Dressage Horse Class
Round 1 Part 1

Adlanta Rose ridden by Sara Mc Donald. A lovely loose moving mare and nicely through the bridle. As could be expected with a 4 YO there some unbalanced steps. Sarah did a great job and the Rotspon mare handled the big occasion with confident maturity.  Adlanta Rose is out of Sara’s FEI Dressage Adloo Georgia mare (by Eleanor Russell’s imported French Anglo Arab, Victorieaux). Sara told me that Rose is wonderful to work with, very calm and obliging.  They were the winners after the first round of competition.

Waiiri  was nicely ridden by Emmanuelle De Denaro from NSW.  This horse was a real ‘stand out’ … by Weltmeyer and from the mare APH Fraudenberg who is the dam of Gumboot, Weltwunder E and Wunderful who have all confirmed her ‘strike rate’ for producing quality.  With a great proven pedigree and beautiful loose movement, this eyecatching gelding has it all to make a real star of the future.

Greenoaks Weltman has the pedigree to suggest he was imported!  He was bred by Clyde Wunderwald and is from the imported Weltmeyer mare Weserfee.  The striking colt is by Clyde’s imported stallion Man About Town (Dec’d) who goes back to the Anglo Arab Macho who is enjoyed high respect as a positive influence in some of the world’s best performed Dressage horses. Weltman has a fantastic modern pedigree and we all looked for great things.  Weltman was superbly ridden for maximum advantage by the ‘in-form’ rider/trainer of 2005, Heath Ryan.  Their first round performance was not as polished as some today and they finished this phase in 4^th place. 

Patou, a petite and nicely put together mare who I saw at the recent FEI Dressage Forum in Sydney.  German Young Horse Judge, Jan Bemmelmans complimented Carolyn Henley on her ‘eye for a horse’ and everyone agreed that Patou was one to watch!  She was a little hollow but a gorgeous mare with great ‘up in front’ posture and frame.  Patou has very expressive paces but was a little tight to show the softness that the judges were looking for.  She recorded the highest mark for the trot so far but a few marks lost for submission. 

DP Wedonna and Heath Ryan were well prepared and they presented a lovely picture for a horse in it's first year of serious training.  This 'high profile' youngster is from the outstanding black Donnerhall mare, Donna Carrera who is currently campaigning with Rozzie Ryan, in the FEI 'small tour'.  Wedonna is by the very highly respected sire Weltmeyer.  She has an infusion of the best performance blood in the world and it is exciting to think that she was bred in Australia.  Wedonna will eventually suit a rider who is not as tall as Heath as his height detracted a little from the overall picture.  However, like other combinations who chose to stay with riders who have the experience and capability to give their young stars a good experience, over a 'better look' with a less experienced rider, Wedonna's owner Susie Duddy wisely opted to go with Heath's talent and know how.  Wedonna finished 5th today which is a great result and says a great deal about her future.

CJP Fridensfurst is a very nice type with good paces and will mature into a good prospect for the future.  In this first round his walk was a little hurried, revealing tension and inexperience.  The well conformed chestnut is by the frozen semen stallion Fridensfurst from a mare by Flemmingh.  He is owned by Michelle Hicks and the breeders of the horse.  Michelle worked in Germany as an auction rider for quite a few years and also did a stint at Belcam Stud in Queensland.

APH Ludo Very attractively marked chestnut with a lovely soft trot. By the imported stallion Lubek, this horse shows very nice quality for the future.  A very good quality canter and the marks reflected the importance of this pace.

Waca W, by Weltmeyer from an Olympic Ahorn mare … so the pedigree for a future star is there!  This horse was ridden by Australian based German Silva Stigla who rode very nicely.  The canter today was a little flat and lacked the bit jump that we would hope to see from this mating.  At 4 years of age, some horses just cannot balance enough to show a superstar quality … This is one to watch and with Silva in the saddle, the sky is the limit.

Tony Uytendaal rode Rachael Calhoun’s gorgeous brown mare Jaybee Collette (full sister to Jaybee Colleen).  Earlier in 2005, Collette beat her ‘high achiever’ sister for Supreme Champion Warmblood at the Brisbane Royal Show.  The two are by the imported stallion Carbine and have taken on his style and swing through the back.  Jaybee Collette worked very obediently, but I felt that we did not see the best of this delightful mare today. She is very soft and compliant but needed more energy to show the judges her top performance potential.

Flowervale Willow, was nicely ridden by the delightful Ruth Schneeberger from SA.  The trot lacked some of the swing and expression that was present in the top scoring horses, but Ruth rode to best advantage – well done!

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